Black walls splashed with red light Black pedestals shoot up from the floor Every odd stalagmite topped with dark tributes Each a void A violent event horizon Containing a blackness so deep The minimal luminescence of the room Feels blinding by comparison
Like calls to like The black hole I hold The emptiness that inhabits the center of me Demands it’s recompense Otherworldly hunger crawls up my throat Forcing my chest to expand as I open wide my jaw I inhale deeply Tears stream The void within me begins to consume Every point of absence in the room
Monuments yield their hollow prizes to me Each devouring punctuated by a scream Inhale a void Exhale a scream Until there are only walls Red light And echoing screams
I have coated my boundaries in sacred salt Saged the walls of my mind Served healing teas to my soul Soaked my dreams in moon water Calmed my spirits with lavender sachets
I have removed the “welcome” mat from my doorstep Hung a horseshoe above my threshold Covered my aura in layers of steel Cut the cord with silver shears All to reclaim myself from you
Words Wishes and Wisdom 